According to a press release, the choir will perform Bach's motets, originally performed at funerals and representing the height of Baroque music. English and his jazz trio will improvise responses after each one.

"This is the most exciting performance challenge I have ever faced, and potentially the most gratifying," English said in the release.

The choir will perform "SingetdemHerrn," "DerGeisthilft" and "Jesu, meineFreude." Performances will be given at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Lone Star College's Montgomery Music Recital Hall, 3200 College Park Drive, The Woodlands, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at St. Phillip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe, Houston.